- Leon Feldhandler
Leon Feldhendler (died April 1945) was the son of a
rabbi fromLublin .Feldhandler was deported to the
Sobibór extermination camp in 1943. He organised the resistance in the camp and collaborated withAlexander Pechersky in the revolt ofOctober 14 ,1943 , that led to the mass break out of more than 300 prisoners. [cite book |last=Blatt |first=Thomas |authorlink=Thomas Blatt |title=From the Ashes of Sobibór |publisher=Northwestern University Press |date=1997 |location=Evanston, Illinois |isbn=0810112213 ]He hid in Lublin until the end of the occupation in 1944. In 1945 he was killed there by
Armia Krajowa soldiers during a pogrom.In the movie "
Escape from Sobibor " he was played byAlan Arkin .References
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